Sunday, 14 July 2013

Bond goes to India

Octopussy (1983)

Directed by John Glen the 13th film in the Bond franchise stars Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan and Steven Berkoff. After 009 turns up dead it is up to 007 to investigate jewel smuggling and a nefarious Soviet plan.

The plot for this Bond film is fairly grounded but is pretty generic to 80s Cold War thrillers with a number featuring similar basic plots. As with many of the Moore films there are some tongue in cheek elements here but they do not get out of hand and do not seem drastically out of place with the tone of the film. By this point Moore was starting to seem a little old for the role but just about scrapes through here.


3/5

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